Improved compound soap



UNITED STATES IMPROVED COMPOUND SOAP.

- Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 97,007, dated Xovcmberlfi. 18GB.

To all whom it on (1y concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER \YARFIELD, of Alexandria, in the county of Alexandria, and in the State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compound for Soap; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in a mixture or compound for soap which will save labor and expense.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe the manner it is or may be mixed and used.

I take, first, ten pounds of olive. or resin-soap, two quarts of lye strong enough to float an egg, two ounces pearl-ash of commerce, and two ounces of borax. thoroughly, the soap beingfirst shaved fine, and boiled until the soap is entirely dissolved. hen cool I add eight ounces spirits of turpentine, eight ounces benziue, and eight ounces aqua ammonia, F F F F. If any perfume is desired it may be added at the same time as the above three ingredients. The whole compound is then mixed thoroughly and put in avessel, or made into bars, cakes, or other convenient form.

Take four tubs of cold watcr-four gallons in the first tub, six in the second, and about ten in each of the other two. Add half a pound of my soap to the first tub and let the clothes remain from three to five minutes in the same, when they are to be wrung out. (No rubbing required,

These ingredients are mixed unless very dirty, when they may be rubbed lightly.) The clothes are then put in the second tub and rinsed out, and in like manner in the third and fourth tubs, when they are put on the line in a perfect-lywvhite condition --no bluing required.

The wa ter in the first tub is replenished from the second tub when more clothes are to be washed, and one ounce of soap is added about every half hour to keep up the action of the clothes.

Clothes that fade badly can be washed with out injury by adding one-fourth of an ounce of alum.

This soap is very cheap,'and, as no rubbing or boiling is required, it saves both laborand expense.

I. do not confine myself to the exact proportions of the ingredients above mentioned, as they may be varied slightly without materially changing the nature or the act-ion of the soap.

Havin g thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The compound for soap above described, when made substantially of the ingredients and in the manner herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 1 have hereunto set my handthis 1st day of Sovember. 1869.

ALEXR. WVARFIELD.

\Vitnesses:

J. M. l\IASON, A. N. MAnn. 

